Pilots
 

I have about 650 hours in single and multi engine planes, and about 50 hours in gliders.

binky9

Not a pilot, but I did serve in the USAF and have had my fair share of hours in some C130's and volunteered for some paid "ejection seat testing" :P

I just flew in one of those last week. Bad weather out of cleveland. Not sure I like the high wing...sat by wing and could see landing gear..thougth it was going to collapse when we landed. I would prefer a smaller turbo prop to more simulate a fighter :)

SPL here

how about rc pilot :) :cool:

600 hours in Tiger Moth, just love those old bi planes. Before that 100 hours in an Auster. The word is "if you can land an Auster, you can land anything." Believe me, it's true. Stall speed 26 knots. I have actually flown one backwards.
Landing is difficult because of that low stall speed. The landing HAS to be three pointer and if you give even the slightest bounce she gains enough speed to try to continue flying. I have seen an Auster bounce all the way along a runway and the pilot had to claw his way back into the air before hitting the fence. Only way with a bounce was to treat it as another landing. Real seat of the pants flying in both of them. Minimum instruments and no stall warning device.

made me laugh:grin:

About a thousand hours on gliders,
And 4000 parachute jumps

I've been to a few commerical plane cockpits during my youth. Does that count? ;)